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— Will, did you really make two and a half million last year? — Yeah, sure. — How did you spend it all? — It goes quite quickly. You know, you learn to spend
by heartbeats 7y ago
— Will, did you really make two and a half million last year?
— Yeah, sure.
— How did you spend it all?
— It goes quite quickly. You know, you learn to spend what's in your pocket.
— Two and a half million goes quickly?
— All right, let's see. So the taxman takes half up front, so you're left with one and a quarter. My mortgage takes another 300 grand. I send 150 home for my parents, you know, keep 'em going. So what's that?
— 800?
— All right, 800. Spent 150 on a car. About 75 on restaurants. Probably 50 on clothes. I put 400 away for a rainy day.
— That's smart.
— Yeah, as it turns out, 'cause it looks like the storm's coming.
— You still got 125.
— Yeah, well I did spend 76,520 dollars on hookers, booze and dancers. But mainly hookers.
— 76,5?
— I was a little shocked initially, but then I realized I could claim most of it back as entertainment. It's true!
(Margin Call, 2011)
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- malandrew 7y agoWhile this story might be about someone making 2.5 million. It's as relevant for people making $200k or even $50k. You learn to spend what's in your pocket.
- heartbeats 7y ago"Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law